Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8132Y

Currys PLC

08 September 2022

 

 

 

8 September 2022

CURRYS PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 - POLL RESULTS

The Board of Currys plc ('the Company') is pleased to announce that all the resolutions put to its Annual General Meeting held at 10:00am on Thursday 8 September 2022, were duly passed by the requisite majorities on a poll.

The results of the polls were as follows:

Resolutions		Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Total	Issued Share Capital Voted	Votes Withheld
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number
1.	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts, including the strategic report and the reports of the directors and auditor for the period ended 30 April 2022	955,700,306	100.00	6,079	0.00	955,706,385	84.32%	700,215
2.	To approve the Directors' Annual Remuneration Report	831,115,642	86.90	125,254,427	13.10	956,370,069	84.37%	36,531
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	630,742,347	65.95	325,630,007	34.05	956,372,354	84.37%	33,828
4.	To declare a final dividend of 2.15p per ordinary share	956,390,709	100.00	9,142	0.00	956,399,851	84.38%	6,331
5.	To elect Ian Dyson as a director	889,149,078	92.97	67,238,175	7.03	956,387,253	84.38%	19,347
6.	To re-elect Alex Baldock as a director	956,091,713	99.97	277,423	0.03	956,369,136	84.37%	37,464
7.	To re-elect Eileen Burbidge MBE	956,072,878	99.97	317,459	0.03	956,390,337	84.38%	16,263
8.	To re-elect Tony DeNunzio CBE as a director	949,328,885	99.26	7,058,045	0.74	956,386,930	84.38%	19,670
9.	To re-elect Andrea Gisle Joosen as a director	882,405,638	92.27	73,964,165	7.73	956,369,803	84.37%	36,797
10.	To re-elect Bruce Marsh as a director	954,788,941	99.83	1,582,137	0.17	956,371,078	84.37%	35,522
11.	To re-elect Fiona McBain as a director	881,691,836	92.19	74,679,391	7.81	956,371,227	84.37%	35,373
12.	To re-elect Gerry Murphy as a director	889,311,644	92.99	67,057,767	7.01	956,369,411	84.37%	37,189
13.	To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company	905,526,952	94.68	50,857,494	5.32	956,384,446	84.37%	22,154
14.	To authorise the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration	955,616,742	99.92	751,462	0.08	956,368,204	84.37%	37,978
15.	To authorise political donations not exceeding £25,000 in total	946,629,784	98.98	9,758,663	1.02	956,388,447	84.38%	18,792
16.	Authority to allot shares	949,590,325	99.29	6,768,641	0.71	956,358,966	84.37%	47,634
17.	Authority to dis-apply  pre-emption rights *	956,190,858	99.98	175,671	0.02	956,366,529	84.37%	40,071
18.	Authority for the Company to purchase its own shares *	905,390,430	94.68	50,842,010	5.32	956,232,440	84.36%	173,468
19.	Authority to call general meetings at short notice *	943,119,669	98.61	13,270,882	1.39	956,390,551	84.38%	15,357

* Special Resolutions

Resolution 3 - Remuneration Policy

The Board welcomes the 65.95% vote in favour of our Remuneration Policy, including the support from most of our large shareholders. The majority of the votes against the Policy reflect shareholders which would like larger and longer post-employment shareholdings or which had concerns relating to the design of the long-term remuneration targets.

Over the past year we have engaged extensively with our shareholders and the proxy agencies on our approach to executive remuneration. The views of our shareholders are important to us and the feedback we have received has been helpful. The Remuneration Committee will now seek to consult further with shareholders to understand and discuss the specific rationale for any votes against our Policy.

The Company will publish an update on this engagement by 8 March 2023.

Notes:

1.  The total number of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in issue on the share register as at the date of meeting was 1,133,494,651 and all of these have voting rights.

2.  Percentages above are rounded to 2 decimal places.

3.  A vote 'Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Further information:

Nigel Paterson, Company Secretary and General Counsel

Currys plc

Tel: [phone]

 

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